119th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
H.R. 983: Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
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- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- To the President (completed)
- Became law (completed)
Summary
This act requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs disapprove courses of education provided by educational institutions that charge higher than in-state tuition for individuals utilizing the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve education benefits while living in the state where the education is located, regardless of the individual’s state of residence.
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Who scored on this bill
- 1Derrick Van Orden SponsorIntroduced, passed House, discharged, passed Senate, became law5 events+154
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History
- Signed by the President. Became Public Law 119-55.
- Presented to the President.
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Derrick Van Orden.
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- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 119-55.
- Presented to President.
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8400)
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1432-1433)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 983.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1432)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1432)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.